Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-15

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Mankato. QGinn.A special TO the chicago
Tines says: peculiar case Of what Il supposed
| TO be suspended animation has developed near
this city. week ago tonight Miss Rosa Pfeister,
| IL years Old, who has been residing for the past
| nfteen months with o German family two miles
north OF the city, retired for the night IN her usual
good health and buoyant spirits The next morn
/ founo apparently nfeless In her bed She was
stil warm, ana her face exactly resembled that OF
| sleeping pcrson. The coroner was summoned,
and. after investigating the circumstances OF the
supposed death, decided that no oficiaf inquiry
was necessary. There was no suspicion Of foul
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an orphan and had some property coming to her.
The funeral was to have occurred last Saturday,
time came. however, il was found that the re-
| mains had not begun to decomp0se, though they
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pearance also. After observing these and similar
things 1t was decided to postpone the funeral until
an unchanged Condition. The undertaken err has
made thorough tests and finds that no decompo-
ana mas S psSs either ne Or
such matters.
He thinks that the young lady is dead, and the
hand, decomposition almost invariably begins
within forty-eight hours after death at the ut
u
This body has renamed In o heated room for a
week. and has not changed in the least during
rnaS TINE: Inc lace resembles that OF sleeping
It is quite pale. The house where the remains lie
is crowded every day by curious SPECTATORS The
agitated by the most painful uncertainty. not
knowing whether she is dead or alive.
II II should prove to be a case Of suspended ami
nation, the young lady would have very narrowly
escaped horrible death, either by the knife OF
the post-mortem examiner or by being buried alive.
CALLED THREE TIMES TO EMBALM A MAN.
The Pfttsburg Post tells the following: prom
inent county Official told a remarkable story last
night, but declined to give names, although he
gave his solemn word that the statements could
easily De verified. He said that on Monday, OctO-
Der %, an undertaken down town received q tele-
Eawrencevie district asking him to come out and
embalm a body, the Lawrenceville undertaken not
having facilities for embalming. The downtown
undertaken went out to the house indicated
ana found what he supposed was the
corpse OF a man. He opened hts satchel took out
his force-pump and bottle OF embalming fluid
and prepared for the operation. ethen took hold
OF the arm OF the supposed corpse TO make the
usual incison for the Insertion Of the tube OF the
see the man open his mouth and yawn and dis
covered he was alive. He hastily kicked his en-
0alrning materials under the bed and called the
family, who at once sent for physician. The en-
balmer then learned that the man had been lying
IN stupor for nearly three months during which
ne nad oeen kept alive by infections Of milk: but
neS pAouVuAlCOu Jill uCou.
On Thursday, October "a, the embalmer got word
again from the same undertaken that he had
body to embalm. When he went out he found 1t was
the same person he had visited the Monday pre-
viOus This time. after he had everything in readi-
ness again, and had lifted his arm to make them
also Enclosed his eyes, looked at the embalmer for
a moment, then. with faint groan, rolled over on
his side and once more became insensible. The
embalmer hastily pulled the sheet up over him,
and the physician Was the second time sent for.
On Wednesday OF last week, November 2, the en-
balIner was once more called upon. and found that
for the third time he was asked to embaim the
same man. This time he found no further evt-
dence Of life, and concluding that the man ought
to be dead, II he wasn't, made q sure thing Of 1t
and embalmed him.